Film

The American Friend

7.119772h 5m

Drama · Thriller · Crime

Tom Ripley, an American who deals in forged art, is slighted at an auction in Hamburg by picture framer Jonathan Zimmerman. When Ripley is asked by gangster Raoul Minot to kill a rival, he suggests Zimmerman, and the two, exploiting Zimmerman's terminal illness, coerce him into being a hitman.

Torrents

Director: Wim Wenders
Released: 24 June 1977
Original language: German

Cast

Dennis Hopper
Tom Ripley

Bruno Ganz
Jonathan Zimmermann

Lisa Kreuzer
Marianne Zimmermann

Gérard Blain
Raoul Minot

Nicholas Ray
Derwatt

Samuel Fuller
The American

Peter Lilienthal
Marcangelo

Daniel Schmid
Igraham

Sandy Whitelaw
Doctor in Paris

Jean Eustache
Friendly Man

Lou Castel
Rodolphe

AD

Andreas Dedecke

Daniel Zimmermann

DB

David Blue

Allan Winter

Rudolf Schündler
Gantner

Gerty Molzen
Old Lady

HJ

Heinz Joachim Klein

Dr. Gabriel

Satya De La Manitou
Angie

Axel Schiessler
Lippo